American Ornithologists Union (nominated an elective member), BirdLife International, Ecological Society of America, Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society (by nomination and elected full member), The Association of Tropical Biology and Conservation, The Explorers Club (nominated a member (1999) and international fellow (2008)), The Society for Conservation Biology (board member and membership chair of European section 2004-2007)

Effects of forestry practices on the bird community of Kibale Forest, Uganda

Bay Area Conservation Biology Symposium, UC Berkeley 1999

Harvard University, Nuttall Ornithological Club (Invited) 1999

International Ornithological Congress, Durban, South Africa 1998

FIELD RESEARCH

Las Cruces Biological Station, Costa Rica 6/1999-Present

We have been studying the population dynamics, ecology, behavior, habitat use, diet, breeding success, parasites, and movements of the birds of fragments and agricultural countryside. Worked with 20 local and ten foreign assistants to mist net 50,000+ birds and to collect, measure, and identify 100,000+ insects. We analyzed 735 bird diet samples and radio-tracked 451 birds.

Kars, Igdir, and Ardahan provinces, Turkey 9/2003-Present

At three globally important wetlands, we integrate ecological research on multi-taxa, undertake ecological restoration, environmental education, local capacity building, and income generation. We are working to get official protection and to establish regional biodiversity learning centers.

As a visiting scholar, I spent over three weeks in the field to study the lowland and montane rainforest bird communities Malaysia, Singapore, and Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Angolan Escarpment Ornithological Expedition, Angola 1/2004

Participated in and documented a three week expedition focused around Caconda, Gabela, Mount

Moco, and Tundavala Important Bird Areas, in search of endemic and threatened bird species.

Stanford Foothills Restoration Project, California 2001-2003

Conducted bird surveys and territory mapping for the restoration project.

Eastern Turkey6/2001-7/2001

Coordinated a collecting expedition for a Harvard University and University of St. Petersburg project studying the genome evolution and karyotype reorganization of Agrodiaetus butterflies. Guanacaste, Costa Rica7/2000

Assisted a radio telemetry study of Thamnophilus doliatus and Camplorhynchus rufinucha.